Re: Docs in split packages

David Nebauer <[email protected]> was heard to say:

> refdb.sh.1:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> .so man8/refdb.8
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Clearly the symlinks have morphed into bizarre file content.  There is
> no man8 directory.

The "bizarre file content" is actually sort of a symlink emulation within the
man page system. If a man page is to be available through more than one name,
you create one real man page (in this case man8/refdb.8) and put stub files
everywhere else. The ".so" command simply means to source the mentioned file.
This is equivalent to a symlink on the filesystem level.

regards,
Markus

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